A Reading Adventure - Wednesday April 4th

Dixon, come celebrate reading at 6:30 pm in our Library. It is the culminating activity of our Read-a-thon!

M.L. Foreman, author of the Adventurers Wanted Series, will be present. He will discuss his new novel, Slathbog's Gold and autograph your books.

Entertainment for this Evening of Literature and Culture will include African drummers, school choirs, poetry reading and Pickin' and Strummin' with Benson, Jewkes and Issak.

Everyone will also have the opportunity to walk through the display of photo art, Faces of Mali, which has been on loan from the Utah Arts Council for the duration of this read-a-thon.

At 8:30 pm the Mali Rising Foundation will be presented with a check, the figure on which represents the amount collected by our students through all their pledges for the read-a-thon: Reading For Hope. Please join us in the Library for this celebration!

Author Rick Riordan to Visit Provo

Provo City Library is thrilled to announce that New York Times best-selling author Rick Riordan will be joining us in May to celebrate his newest novel, The Kane Chronicles: The Serpent's Shadow. He will speak to us on Wednesday, May 2nd at 7:00 pm in the Timpview High School Auditorium.

Free tickets are available to Dixon Middle School students in our library. We are requesting that you have your parents sign a slip indicating that you have transportation and are able to go at the designated time. Please bring that slip with you when requesting tickets.

In an effort to accommodate as many patrons as possible, the event is being held at Timpview instead of at the Provo City Library. Mr. Riordan will be speaking exclusively, and pre-signed copies of his books will be available from the BYU Bookstore.  

Walk Like An Egyptian!  Students who attend the event in Egyptian or Greek costume will be entered to win a signed, hardcover set of Mr. Riordan's novels.

This event is presented by Provo City Library and made possible by Disney Hyperion. Dixon is pleased to be able to participate.

Let's Turn Books into Bricks

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      Later this month, seventh graders at Dixon Middle School will be turning books into bricks. That's right! In an ambitious effort to promote student literacy, cultivate global awareness, and encourage service-learning, Dixon's English Department is sponsoring a Read-a-Thon. This three week-long initiative, called "Reading for Hope", will raise funds to build a school in Mali, Africa. In Mali nearly two-thirds of the more than 11,700 rural villages have no schools.
      Participating students will solicit pledges and donations beginning March 15th and continuing through April 4th. On that day we will celebrate the generosity of students, families, community members, and business leaders in a cultural and literary event in Dixon's Library from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.  Representatives of the Utah-based Mali Rising Foundation will be on hand to receive our donation, as well as education and community leaders.
      As part of our "Reading For Hope" initiative, we are proud to announce that Dixon Middle School has been chosen to host "Faces of Mali", an exhibit celebrating life in the West African nation. Made possible by the generosity of the Utah Arts Council, this exhibit will help students and community members feel a closer connection to the people we're working so hard to help. We invite students and families to visit this striking gallery of framed photographs in our library at any time during school hours.
      If you would like information about how to support our Read-a-Thon, please contact Lon Young at lony@provo.edu, or visit our school website at www.dms.provo.edu.